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The veterans allege that cannabis regulators overstepped their authority by using a social equity program that wasn’t sufficiently aligned with state law to launch the retail market.
The plaintiffs in the case are four disabled veterans who state that they would qualify as priority applicants under the social equity provisions in the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act, but do not qualify under the more limited criteria of the CAURD program.
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